Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 19:02
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 213 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 558 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 87% 108 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 92.8 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14153 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1771 (B1) Unknown 89 89 234 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 16 (EB) Unknown 99 99 129 (F1) Unknown 99 99 102029492098	113% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 423 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 43.5 179% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 27.2 92% 202 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 27GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 150 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1064 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 124 (AE) Unknown 100 100 157 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 31 296353005617 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 36120602206 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1128909415 (F8) Unknown 100 100 226683593 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1247 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83.5% Excellent	Read 466 Write 338 Mixed 337 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 23.8 116% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 34.3 77% 159 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 95567159 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 280 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 135872042 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 59377922869978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 471400476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 522 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 8589934620 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 64 95567159 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 131279970372247 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52804674841 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7526686376	56.8% Above average	Read 119 Write 76.4 Mixed 46.1 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.17 4K Write 5.48 4K Mixed 0.43 281% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 90%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 167 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1766 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1763 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11542 (C2) HDA temperature 122 110 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 133 Mixed 124 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 18 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF Builds (Compare 1,110 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	445x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	140x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	126x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	89x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	38x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	32x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GBCrucialBench 57%, 8,984 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $185	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16